MLB Power Rankings: The biggest Hall of Fame snub for every team

By Tim Boyle | Jan 25, 2023

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Amos Otis is the best player in Kansas City Royals history left out of the Hall of Fame. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

25) MLB Power Rankings: Kansas City Royals, Amos Otis

A couple of Kansas City Royals players from the 1970s and 1980s could qualify as Cooperstown snubs. It’s Amos Otis, a five-time All-Star, MVP candidate, and Gold Glove winner who takes the title. Most of his career was spent with the Royals, too. Otis could do a little bit of everything well. He’s definitely one of the best Royals players of all-time. There’s definitely a diehard fan in Missouri insisting he belongs in the Hall of Fame.

24) MLB Power Rankings: Baltimore Orioles, Urban Shocker

We have to go way back in time to find the biggest Hall of Fame snub in Baltimore Orioles history. Keep in mind, pitchers dominated in those days. Urban Shocker actually played for the St. Louis Browns, the franchise that would one day become the Baltimore Orioles. He won 187 games and did it with a 3.17 ERA. He has one highest WAR in Orioles history among players not in Cooperstown. It’s an easy choice even if we have to go back almost 100 years.

23) MLB Power Rankings: Houston Astros, Jose Cruz

For 13 seasons, Jose Cruz was one of the best hitters on the Houston Astros. He ended up with almost 2,000 hits just for them and would finish his entire career with 2,251 of them. A big base-stealer with a .284 career batting average, Cruz was a regular in the MVP conversation during the early 1980s.

22) MLB Power Rankings: Minnesota Twins, Joe Judge

The biggest Minnesota Twins snub from the Hall of Fame right now comes from the Washington Senators days. Joe Judge had over 2,300 hits and a lifetime .298 batting average. Many of the best players in Twins history are already in the Hall of Fame. Judge is the greatest to never be elected. Sadly, with his career ending in 1934, he probably never will.

21) MLB Power Rankings: Toronto Blue Jays, Dave Stieb

Dave Stieb actually has the highest WAR total of anyone in Toronto Blue Jays history. It’s easy to see why. The man was an amazing pitcher. He won 176 games and was an All-Star representative seven times for the ball club. Although a great Blue Jays pitcher, he’s not quite at Hall of Fame level.

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